{"id":10779,"date":"2021-04-01T09:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10779"},"modified":"2021-06-02T10:03:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T17:03:02","slug":"the-battle-for-conscience-rights-rages-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=10779","title":{"rendered":"The Battle for Conscience Rights Rages On"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

National Catholic Register<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Warsaw<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In February 2012, EWTN filed the first of its legal challenges against the Obama administration\u2019s so-called \u201cHHS mandate,\u201d which would have forced organizations like EWTN and the Little Sisters of the Poor to provide contraception, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization procedures as part of our employer-sponsored health-care plans. For EWTN, that legal battle went on for nearly seven years \u2014 and for the Little Sisters, even longer. At the heart of that fight was whether or not the government could force faith-based organizations to act contrary to their deeply held religious values and in violation of their conscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than nine years later, the issue of conscience rights is again taking center stage in our national discussions as the Biden administration continues to ramp up its promotion of tax-funded abortion and \u201cgender-transition\u201d medical treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in March, the Senate confirmed Xavier Becerra, a Catholic who dissents openly from the Church\u2019s foundational moral teachings regarding the sanctity of human life and sexuality, as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. As attorney general of California, Becerra infamously filed suit to take away the religious exemptions protecting the Little Sisters of the Poor from the provisions of the HHS mandate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Senate also confirmed Dr. Rachel Levine, a biological man who identifies as a transgender woman, as assistant secretary of the HHS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With these two officials at the helm, the HHS is certain to rapidly accelerate the Biden administration\u2019s radical agenda of tax-funded abortion and mandatory gender-reassignment treatments, including for children and teens.\u00a0. . continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National Catholic Register Michael Warsaw In February 2012, EWTN filed the first of its legal challenges against the Obama administration\u2019s so-called \u201cHHS mandate,\u201d which would have forced organizations like EWTN and the Little Sisters of the Poor to provide contraception, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization procedures as part of our employer-sponsored health-care plans. 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